ICE detention center in Texas flagged for missing records, medical failures and wasteful spending
The report says rushed contracting and weak oversight led to $11.5 million in wasted costs, unsanitary conditions and a lost loaded firearm.
- On Tuesday, the Government Accountability Office released a report finding "significant, pervasive issues" at Camp East Montana, a federal detention center in El Paso that wasted millions of taxpayer dollars through rushed contracts and poor oversight.
- Facing pressure to expand detention capacity, the Trump administration bypassed standard procedures and awarded the $1.3 billion contract to Acquisition Logistics LLC, a firm with no prior detention experience, to accelerate construction at Fort Bliss in August 2025.
- Investigations uncovered up to $11.5 million wasted on unused services and critical safety failures including missing evidence in the homicide death of Geraldo Lunas Campos and inadequate medical care for detainees with diabetes or HIV.
- The Department of Homeland Security replaced Acquisition Logistics with Amentum Services Inc in March 2026, though the facility had previously failed to meet basic detention standards including inadequate tuberculosis screenings and unsanitary conditions.
- Senator Dick Durbin, ranking Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, called the findings "damning," noting the facility is part of a broader expansion where national immigration detention reached 57,000 as of early June.
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New report highlights safety risks, tens of millions of dollars in waste at ICE lockup
Tens of millions of tax dollars wasted, and safety put at risk: thats how a new federal audit describes the nations largest immigration detention center.Last fall Scripps News exposed health and safety problems at a huge ICE detention site in Texas.Now a new government report details never before disclosed examples of waste and safety concerns at Camp East Montana.ICE cut corners rushing to stand up the camp in El Paso, Texas, according to feder…
Audit: ICE wasted millions, imperiled camp detainees
What happenedA federal audit released Tuesday detailed waste, neglect and deadly abuse at ICE’s largest immigration detention facility, Camp East Montana in Texas. The Government Accountability Office’s report attributed most of the camp’s “significant, pervasive issues” to ICE and the Army awarding an expedited $1.3 billion contract to a company with no experience running detention facilities. The mismanagement was found to have“created unsafe …
Government watchdog says Texas detention center wasted up to $11.5 million before detainees arrived
A federal watchdog agency said Camp East Montana, the country’s largest immigration detention facility, wasted up to $11.5 million of taxpayer money during its first two weeks of operation in August 2025. During that time, the camp in El Paso was still empty — the first detainees didn’t arrive until Aug. 16. A report published […] The post Government watchdog says Texas detention center wasted up to $11.5 million before detainees arrived appeare…
Loaded Weapon Disappears Inside US ICE Facility as Report Exposes Major Safety Lapses
A loaded firearm vanished inside the largest immigration detention centre in the United States and remained unrecovered for months, according to a new federal watchdog report that also detailed medical failures, missing evidence tied to a detainee's death, and serious oversight problems at the facility. The findings have intensified scrutiny of the Camp East Montana Detention Centre at Fort Bliss, Texas, where federal investigators say a series …
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